22 Facts About Guy Petit

Guy Jacques Joseph Petit was a French lawyer, journalist and politician who was a deputy in the French Fourth Republic from 1946 to 1958.

Guy Petit was a senator in the French Fifth Republic from 1959 to 1983.

Guy Petit was born on 23 November 1905 in Biarritz, Basses-Pyrenees.

Guy Petit became an attorney, first in Bayonne and then in Paris.

Guy Petit joined the right-wing French Social Party led by Colonel Francois de La Rocque in the Basque country, and was vice president and then head of propaganda of the party.

Guy Petit was mobilized in September 1939 at the start of World War II.

Guy Petit was discharged due to illness in January 1940, but voluntarily reenlisted on 5 June 1940.

Guy Petit was elected mayor of Biarritz in April 1945, and held this office until March 1977.

Guy Petit was active in journalism throughout the French Fourth Republic.

Guy Petit was political director of the daily Nouvelle gazette of Biarritz, and wrote regularly for Sud-Ouest, Le Nouveau Journal and L'Eclair des Pyrenees.

Guy Petit opposed the second draft constitution which was chosen by the assembly and ratified by plebiscite on 13 October 1946.

Guy Petit ran for election to the national assembly in November 1946 and was easily reelected.

Guy Petit ran in the parliamentary elections of 17 June 1951 as second on the Republican Union list and was elected.

Guy Petit was secretary of state to the President of the council from 14 March 1952 to 8 January 1953 in the cabinet of Antoine Pinay.

Guy Petit was secretary of state for Agriculture from 9 January 1953 to 11 February 1953 in the cabinet of Rene Mayer.

Guy Petit was Minister of Commerce from 11 February 1953 to 28 June 1953 in the Mayer cabinet.

Guy Petit was reelected on 2 January 1956 at the head of the list of the Union of Independents and Peasants.

Guy Petit was defeated in the legislative elections of November 1958.

Guy Petit was elected to the Senate for Basses-Pyrenees in the elections of April 1959, and was reelected in 1965 and 1974.

Guy Petit worked to develop the tourist industry in France, in his department, and in the upscale resort of Biarritz, where he was mayor until 1977.

Guy Petit favored measures to make it easier to open hotels, to consolidate natural sites and to restrict outdoor advertising near listed buildings.

Guy Petit was a member of the general council of the department from 1966 to 1979, representing Biarritz, and chaired the council during his first term.